Partey & Ghana sent crashing out of Afcon as Comoros secure historic upsetThe giants missed out on the knockout stages for the first time in more than a decade, while their opponents celebrated their first AFCON winGhana and Arsenal star Thomas Partey faces an early return from the African Cup of Nations after his side were eliminated on Tuesday in a shock defeat at the hands of the Comoros. Goodbye GhanaComoros were expected to put up little resistance against the continental powerhouses in Tuesday's decider. The island nation are playing their first-ever AFCON in 2021, and in their first two outings were beaten by both Gabon and Morocco. Ayew's expulsion 25 minutes in raised the heat on the favourites, and Ahmed Mogni then struck in the second half to double Comoros' advantage. It looked for a while that Ghana would recover from those setbacks, as Richmond Boakye and Alexander Djiku netted to bring the game back to 2-2.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 19, 2022 01:30 UTC